Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Ireland denounces Vatican role in abuse cover-ups

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press

43 minutes ago

DUBLIN (AP) — The Vatican encouraged Catholic bishops not to tell police about suspected pedophile priests and flouted Irish law, Ireland's lawmakers declared Wednesday in an unprecedented denunciation of the Holy See's influence in this predominantly Catholic country.The government and all opposition parties unanimously backed a motion accusing the Vatican of sabotaging the Irish bishops' 1996 decision to begin reporting suspected

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